diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/wholeTree/BigTableTableModel.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/wholeTree/BigTableTableModel.java
index fd02170740d0..28927dba0522 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/wholeTree/BigTableTableModel.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/wholeTree/BigTableTableModel.java
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ public class BigTableTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {
 
             @Override
             public int[] getFutureWireStarts() {
-              return arraysConvertor.convert(next.getFutureWireStarts());
+              // these are wire numbers
+              return next.getFutureWireStarts();
             }
 
             @Override